Thrall happened to be outside as this happened, and noticed the red-feathered birdman swoop through the sky and dive for the pool, followed by a lot of yelling and honking. He laughed out loud, the sound carrying as much as Zairen's yelling did, and decided to go see what was going on.

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Kazuo bit his lip to hide his smile (the sounds Zaïren was making were really cute) and rushed over to his side, removing his hoodie as he did so. As was his habit, he wasn't wearing a shirt underneath (layers were not his strong point) but the garment was warm, and most importantly dry.

He draped it over Zaïren's shoulders and looked him over to see if he was okay.

Zaïren's only injury was to his dignity. He'd managed to get his shirt off at least, so Kuma-kun's hoodie didn't get layered over wet fabric. He managed to strangle the last of his honks and took a deep breath.

"Thanks. I think I'm going to go get changed. It's too cold to be outside in wet clothing. I'll return it soon as I can."

Thrall came up from the direction behind Ineo, in time to get a good look at Zaïren fluttering his feathers into a warm hoodie. He had mostly stopped laughing by then, but the kid was so soaked, and Neylen looked so damn pleased with himself, that he nearly started up again. He waved to them all with a grin.

It was probably rude or something to flirt with your friend's brother, but the words just kind of came out, following themselves with the two-hand point thing and a wink that he really, really hoped didn't come off as dorky as it inevitably had done.

"Yeah... that was bullshit, man. Sucks." He nodded. He kind of envied- okay, not kind of- he envied him and Kazari having family that lived in the mortal world. And that stupid-cute beargrumble thing he did.

"Of course we took pictures." Kazuo laughed. "At one point we went to the beach, but we ended up wandering off to sightsee when people started following us around." He shrugged. "Got a nice tan, though."

"Tournament was crazy fun. My favorite part is always watching the ceremonies before the matches."

"Sweet. I wanna see. We should meet up sometime, you and me and Zari. Maybe Rudeth. I'd love to hear about it."

A bittersweet feeling simmered in Dmitry's heart; longing and happiness and attraction and unidentifiable things all smashed together into a paste and wrapped up in awkwardness like a red bean bun. It made him want to do something stupid.

"Uahh- uh. So, Kazuo, I- I mean, do you think you'd want to- I mean, nevermind. Uh. Nevermind." His eyes slid off the other boy and out towads the pool.

Dmitry was not quite dense enough to fail to get that he was falling apart. He'd known Kazuo for years now, but that didn't stop him from being startled at seeing him human. Especially the shirtless part.

He closed his eyes and gave himself a second to think. What was he doing here? Was he being melancholy and impulsive and possibly saying something really stupid? Was it just being lonely combined with some wish fulfillment thing about the time he had a crush on Kuma in freshman year that decided to come up right that second?

Maybe, but fuck, that had never stopped him before. He took a breath and forced himself to speak. "So you probably have like ten other people asking and this is completely outta left field, but do you want to go to the Halloween dance with me maybe? Like..." He forced his mouth around the words. "Like, date, thing?"

Kazuo rubbed his nose in thought. He had been asked a few times, all by people that wouldn't give him the time of day when he was in his... furrier body. Something in Kazuo rebelled against that, and as a reflex he tensed at the question of a date.

But he was friends with Thrall. Thrall treated him the same whether he was walking on four legs or two, with the occasional exception of some sidelong staring and stumbled-upon words. He was comfortable around Thrall.

Thrall visibly relaxed. "Huh. Awesome." He really had no idea where that conversation was going when it started, but now he had a date, and even better, a date with a friend (which would probably be less awkward) who was also a bear (which was totally awesome).

Once again, jumping into a situation without thinking had been proven to be the correct option.

"Sorry for that, uh, the thing earlier." He shifted and hooked his thumbs into the straps of his backpack. "Anyhow, it's fucking cold out here and I'm probably gonna go back inside. I'm free if you wanna hang out, or not, or whatever."